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Definitely bendy - use the material that was used for King Hiss. I've had no problems with him.

One other point - I really think the tentacles should be bunched up a little more. This could obviously be achieved if the material is bendy, but if they don't go with this option I'd love for them to be resculpted. (hey, a guy can dream, right?)

Bendy, we just need to let them know that we don't mind bendy as long as they don't use that foam material! The rubber on King Hsss is working just fine, so use that material. I mean come on - no need to reinvent the wheel here, Mattel. They've been doing bendy toys for years and years; just use what already works!

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Bendy, we just need to let them know that we don't mind bendy as long as they don't use that foam material! The rubber on King Hsss is working just fine, so use that material. I mean come on - no need to reinvent the wheel here, Mattel. They've been doing bendy toys for years and years; just use what already works!

Exactly. People short have memory loss. Kiss Hssss was perfect and exactly how Octavia needs to be done. NO way those tentacles can be hard and just...ARCH out they way the prototype is.

Her tentacles are her main play feature, how in the world can you NOT take advantage of it?!

Talking to Eric Treadway, they got negative feedback with how Snout Spout was handled, which is why they are shying away from the bendy limbs. Even if it were true, it is absolutely appropriate to uise the bendy plastic limbs for Octavia. King Hssss works just fine still.

This. If Mattel can't give us bendy tentacles that will stand the test of time, I'd rather have hard ones.

Just like me. I've voted for bendy tentacles, but if they won't be able to stand the test of time or break as easily as Snout Spout's trunk, I'd prefer hard ones. Recently read on German forums that Octavia's tentacles will be hard. Although I personally go for bendy, I'd be satisfied with that - main thing is that they won't ever break.